[69 Book Bar - www.] "Oh~~ Thinking of Xuzhou gives me a headache again~!" Cao Cao said sadly: "It has been raining for a long time in the past few months, and all the wheat crops in various places have withered and died in the drought. Look,

The harvest in late autumn will not be impressive~~"

"Now the whole Han Dynasty is facing drought. Except for the territories of Xuzhou and Yao Bin, it is basically the same in late autumn~~ Moreover, according to spies, Yuan Shao, Gongsun Zan and other princes in the north have begun to buy food from the people forcibly in preparation.

We need military supplies~!" Cheng Yu immediately replied after hearing Cao Cao's concerns.

"My lord, do you want to take Xuzhou and use it as our granary?" Zhuge Liang asked speculatively.

"Sigh~~ Exactly, now we follow Yao Bin's example and overhaul water conservancy, but there will definitely be no harvest this year~ And Xuzhou Tao Qian is very cowardly, and his soldiers have never participated in large-scale battles. They won Xuzhou

It can be said that it is within easy reach~~~It’s just that Yao Bin, like a ghost, silently took over the important crossing from Yanzhou to Xuzhou~~Hateful, hateful~~~" Cao Cao said regretfully.

"This Tao Qian is really not an ordinary coward. It is said that the three cities of Xiao County, Xiang County, and Xiyang County were because when Yao Bin attacked Yuan Shu not long ago, because Xuzhou sent troops to attack his rear but failed, Yao Bin sent a special envoy

, went to sign the 'unequal treaty' and put the three counties under its own jurisdiction!" Xun You explained to Cao Cao.

"Haha~~~ This Yao Bin looks so young, but he is so cunning and full of tricks. No wonder everyone in the world says that Yao Bin is a bad old man~~Haha~~~" Cao Hong said with a smile.

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"What Zi Lian said makes sense, makes sense~~~Haha~~~" Cao Cao laughed happily after hearing what Cao Hong said.

"My lord~~~ Yao Bin is mysterious and unpredictable. He has already cut off my lord's way south. I guess he has long seen that my lord has plans for Xuzhou~!" Zhuge Liang said seriously at this time: "It's disguised.

The North and South Roads were sealed, and hundreds of thousands of Ksitigarbha soldiers were ordered. It is said that the scale of the naval army was even stronger than that of Sun Jian of Changsha. People were not in the Han Dynasty and planned to sacrifice themselves to the emperor. The Lord sealed his battle route at the end of the war. This Yao Bin looks really interesting~

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Everyone was awakened by Zhuge Liang's words, and immediately stopped laughing, and the atmosphere suddenly became heavy.

"Then according to Kong Ming's intention, if his troops are strong now, why do he stand still and seek peace everywhere?" After a long time, Cao Cao raised the doubts he had long had in his mind.

"My lord~~ Yao Bin, this is a great plan~!" Zhuge Liang stood up, waved the cattail leaf fan in his hand and said with a smile: "My lord, what do you think you have to strengthen a party's power?"

After hearing this, Cao Cao thought carefully and replied: "An ancient saying goes: A rich army makes the people strong, and a rich people makes the country strong~"

"Then my lord, do you think that the war between the north and the south will make the people rich?"

"Flee to avoid fighting, die in battle~"

"Because of this, Yao Bin set up a neutral force on the front across the north and south when the northern and southern princes were fighting everywhere~" Zhuge Liang frowned and said: "In this way, the north and the south will be divided due to the war.

If you want to flee, the people who are avoiding the war will choose to take refuge in Yao Bin’s territory. This is for the people to be strong~!"

Seeing that everyone here nodded, Zhuge Liang continued: "If the people are content with their jobs, they will be rich, and if they live a prosperous life, they will be comfortable. In this way, the number of people will be great~~! It will be easy for the people to recruit troops, and the country will be able to fight for it."

Then you can call in peace~!"

Zhuge Liang knew that Hu Zeye had talked a lot, and everyone present nodded and wiped sweat from their foreheads. They didn't know whether they were frightened by Zhuge Liang or because the weather in October was too hot.

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"Damn~~~ It turns out that Yao Bin has no good intentions~! I said he just conquered Runan and Nanyang, why did he stop~!!" After hearing this, Xia Houyuan said angrily.

"Kong Ming~~ In your opinion, what plan should we make now so that we can have the strength to resist Yao Bin?" After hearing Zhuge Liang's explanation, Cao Cao was shocked and asked Zhuge Liang quickly.

"My Lord, there is no need to panic. Yao Bin is not in his territory now. I heard that he left the sea and went on vacation in the ocean to become a fishing expert~~ He may not be able to come back for a year and a half. And we have to take advantage of it.

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to expand his power as much as possible in the north. When Yao Bin returns to his territory and wants to start a big war, he finds that his lord is not easy to mess with now. In this way, he will turn to his target and attack other people.

Waiting for you~"

Zhuge Liang already had a plan in mind, which was his previous strategic plan to advance with Cao Cao. If he could really unify the north, then Yao Bin would have to think carefully if he wanted to attack Cao Cao... Maybe Cao Cao would be stronger than that by then.

Maybe Yao Bin is even stronger!

"One year of listening to Kong Ming is better than ten years of studying~~ I feel ashamed~~~" After hearing this, Cao Cao praised Zhuge Liang.

"But now there is insufficient food and grass, and Xuzhou cannot take it. What should we do?" After feeling happy, Cao Cao began to struggle with his own food and grass problem again.

"Buy food~!" Zhuge Liang smiled and simply said two words!

"..." Everyone was speechless for a while!

Now that we are unable to protect ourselves, who can we buy food from?

"Please let Kong Ming make it clear~~~" Cao Cao said anxiously.

"Tao Qian of Xuzhou~! He always thought that he was on the safe side. The Yellow Turban Rebellion had not reached its peak, and the food in his city should be full~~ My lord only needs to send a few people to turn into merchants and go to various places in Xuzhou to secretly collect food.

But, after the official rations are collected, the people’s rations will be harvested~!”

"Haha~~Wonderful~~~Brother Kong Ming~~This trick is really wonderful~" Cheng Yu, who had always been known as Cao Cao's think tank before, heard Zhuge Liang's plan and suddenly his eyes were blinded.

He said that such a simple strategy had never occurred to him, and he couldn't help praising Zhuge Liang.

"This is indeed a good plan out of the current situation~~~Kong Ming, I really don't know how your head grows..." Shi Guangyan and others also took the opportunity to ridicule Zhuge Liang for a while, making him dumbfounded.

Early the next morning, Cao Cao ordered thousands of his men to disguise themselves as merchants and head toward Xuzhou and Qingzhou.

For a time, there was a wave of grain harvesting in various counties, cities and villages in Xuzhou, and the wealthy Xuzhou people, merchants, government grain departments, and poor Cao Cao all rushed to buy grain to those who collected grain. The purchase price was higher.

In one week, Cao Cao harvested enough food to last his army for a year and a half.

When this news reached Tao Qian's ears in Xuzhou, Cao Cao's men had already returned to the east county of Yanzhou with a cart full of grain to deliver a message to Cao Cao.

For this reason, Cao Cao no longer has to worry about the harvest problem in late autumn, and he can still have his original conquest plan. As long as this year is over, he will also have a good harvest next year according to Yao Bin's management of farmland.
Chapter completed!